The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-21
A WAR STORY.
The Union Spy of the Kelly Lam
GERS and the "Rebel Queen"
A Monongalia Soldiers Thrilling Ex-
perience in the Late. War.
Written for the New DOMINION.

OF Buckhannon. As Witcher met
with such success at Weston and
Buckhannon, it induced Gen. I'M
boden to make raid on Beverly,
but he was defeated by the brave
9th Ohio mounted infantry. A
brother of the "Rebel Queen was
badly wounded in this engagement,
and the Queen" and her mother
went to Beverly to nurse him. The
Presidential election came Off that
fall and the Sd Maryland received a
furlough for ten days to 60 home
and vote, leaving the Kelly Lancers
again as the only troops at Buck
harmon. Before leaving Col. Rizer
appointed Capt. Hagans as Provost
Marshal. During the absence of
the Maryland regiment Capt. Ha-
gans selected me to clerk in the
Office, and after the first day left me
in entire charge of it. | had been
in the Office for about a week, when
one morning, being busily engaged
writing, | heard some one enter but
did not look to see who it was until
/ had finished my writing. On
turning around imagine my aston
ishment to behold the Rebel
Queen" standing in the center of
the room. rose to offer her a chair
but before | could do this she drew
n revolver from her dress, cooked it
and leveled it at my head. With
eyes almost flashing fire she ex-
claimed, Traitor, l intend to kill
your had faced danger many
times before, but never until then
did | think that my hour for death
had come. knew it would not do
to call for help, for the first cry
would utter she would send bullet
crashing through my brain, and to
attempt to move would end in the
same way. She said she would give
me time to explain why l deceived
her. The happy thought occurred
to me that to again practice decep-
ton was the only means of saving
my life. | requested her to lower
her pistol, although l did not tell
her was getting very nervous look
ing into the barrel of 80 calibre
revolver, with a steady hand touch
ing the trigger and flashing eye
sighting along the barrel, and she
dropped the revolver to her side. |
felt more comfortable then, and told
her if she shot me she would kill
her best friend and that she would
be hung. She replied that | had
deceived her; that / was Union
soldier / asked her if she ever
knew soldier on either side that
did not wear uniform. She said
she never did. She then asked why
! was in the Provost Marshafs of.
flee, and / told her that | had met
Capt. Hagans going up street, and
in passing ! saw the door was open
and no one in and as / had for some
time been wanting copy of a paper
l knew was in the office, had seized
the present opportunity to copy it
Thus partially satisfied, she asked
me to write her a pass as she desir
ed to 90 home. l told her if l at
tempted to do so it would result in
our arrest as the pickets would
know it was not Hagans' handwrit
ing. / also told her that apass ever
from Capt. Hagans would be of nc
value, as l had heard Hagans order
the piekets that morning that if she
attempted to pass that day to arrest
her and put her in prison. This
alarmed her and to my delight SHE
quietly put away her revolver. She
said she was very anxious to &C
home and desired that l should ad
wise her what to do. told her thai
from the picket post on the French
creek road to the post on the Weston
road was over one mile and for bel
to pass between the two, and thai
there was path running through
the fields at about an equal dis
lance from each. / took her to Tho
door and showed her the path and
told her that there was no danger il
following that as it would take hel
out into the road away beyond tht
pickets. After making arrange
ments to go with her to the rebe
post Office the next week l advised
her to leave Buckhannon as soon az
possible, for if Hagans saw her ht
would arrest her and pnt her il
prison. She took my advice and thu
last l saw of her that day was pass
ing over the brow of high hill
about one mile west of Buckhannon
That afternoon Col. Dan. Farms
worth came to me and asked why il
was that we would give passes tt
such parties as the "Rebel Queen
/ told him that l had positively re
fused to give her pass that day
He regarded it as a great mystery
how she could get through the pick
cts without pass, as he had heart
Capt. Hagans charge the pickets tt
arrest her if she attempted to pass
If the Colonel should happen to reat
this he will now learn how she sue
ceedeG in getting through.
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